The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.
Reference for this case: 2-Oct-54-Coulommiers.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.
In his 1954 book "Flying Saucers Uncensored", the British wriiter Harold T. Wilkins told that "cigar-shaped objects" were seen at Coulommiers, and police photographed marks left by a strange mushroom-shaped object.
[Ref. hws1:] HAROLD T. WILKINS:
The author reports that in October 1954, cigar-shaped objects were seen at Coulommiers, sixty miles south of Paris, and police photographed marks left by a strange mushroom-shaped object.
[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:
Saturday October 2 [, 1954]
[...other cases...]
: Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marbe) [sic].
[...other cases...]
[Ref. jtr1:] "UFO ROUNDUP" BY JOSEPH TRAINOR:
1954: FRANCE'S LONGEST DAY
Forty-three years ago, on October 2, 1954, a wave of UFOs invaded France. Here's the summary...
[...]
"Cigar-shaped objects were seen at Coulommiers, sixty miles south of Paris, and police photographed marks left by a strange mushroom-shaped object."
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:
Luc Chastan indicates in his database that in the Seine et Marne in Coulommiers on October 2, 1954, at an unknown hour, "the machine in the shape of cigar was seen in Coulommiers, and the police photographed marks left by a strange object of mushroom shape." (Uncertain date)".
The source is indicated as "UFO Roundup".
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on 1 October 1954 in Coulommiers, France, a daytime disc was reported.
The source is indicated as "Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173)".
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Probable non-event:
Wilkins relied on the Press, often with incorrect translations and inaccuracies in places, dates.
The mushroom-shaped object was probably that of Ligescourt on October 1, 1954. The alleged observation at Coulommiers remains to be clarified.
(These keywords are only to help queries and are not implying anything.)
Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, cigar, cigars
[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.
| Version: | Created/Changed by: | Date: | Change Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | May 4, 2005 | First published. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 27, 2009 | Conversion from HTML to XHTML Strict. First formal version. Additions [lcn1], [uda1]. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | December 14, 2019 | Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet." |
| 1.2 | Patrick Gross | April 18, 2022 | Addition [gqy1]. |
